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SamTrans > News Archive > It's a SamTrans Three-Peat at Regional Bus Roadeo
It's a SamTrans Three-Peat at Regional Bus Roadeo
SamTrans’ bus operator and maintenance teams came away winners once again at the 29th
annual Northern California Bus Roadeo, claiming the grand champion award for the third
time in four years.
In addition, SamTrans’ bus operator team took first place, winning the roadeo’s coveted
“Perpetual Trophy” for the second consecutive year.
Jeffrey Johnson, manager of the transit district’s operations training program, was
elated by the successful showing by the eight-member SamTrans contingent, which brought
home a total of seven awards in six categories of competition.
“Their efforts have brought pride and recognition to SamTrans,” Johnson said. “Only
through the contributions of all could our team achieve success.”
Held Aug. 27 at SamTrans’ Operations and Maintenance Facility in South San Francisco,
the roadeo presents challenging tests for bus operators, maintenance specialists and
instructors alike. Operators, for example, must thread their buses through a tightly
constricted course and execute backing and turning maneuvers with surgical precision;
maintenance workers, meanwhile, use their trouble-shooting skills to diagnose defects
placed in six diagnostic modules.
In a very competitive maintenance competition, the team of Andrew McCambridge, Robert
Santiago and Ryan Plante took second place, with a score of 1,256, just five points
below first place.
Senior instructor William Snell finished second with a score of 534 points in the
instructor competition, while Ron Jordan finished third with a score of 522. Together
they took second place in this category, with a total of 1,056 points.
In the bus operator competition, Edwin Freeman finished second with a score of 585.
Bernardo Hernandez finished fourth with a score of 558 and Rodrigo Eguilos finished
sixth with 545 points. The three men won first place in the Operator Team combination
with a score of 1,688.
Freeman scored a combined total of 1,159 points in the local and regional competitions
and will join mechanics McCambridge, Santiago and Plante at the APTA International Bus
Operator and Maintenance Roadeo in Dallas Sept. 24.
9/9/05
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